Nelson Mandela was, quite famously, a fan of European classical music. His two favorite composers were George Frideric Handel and Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky, but he grew up exposed to the country’s rich ...

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South African musicians rejoiced on Thursday when, after years of campaigning, the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) announced it was bringing in a quota to play 90 percent local music on ...

For many years, the sound of South African music was intertwined with the fight against apartheid. We were used to hearing toi-toi — the angry but joyous chanting that was the soundtrack to ...

South African musician Johnny Clegg, who formed one of the first rock bands with black and white musicians that performed together when apartheid was still the law of the land, has died after a long ...

This Minnesota Orchestra concert didn't start with the wave of a conductor's baton. Instead, a man's voice rang out: "Five, six, seven, eight!" A dozen drummers began beating an African rhythm. Six ...

In the early 1980s, Nelson Mandela's name was virtually unknown in the United States. In fact, it was Steve Biko, who died in police custody in South Africa in 1977, who first put the struggles of ...

Folk music has often been a catalyst for social change. In "Amandla: A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony," director Lee Hirsch has assembled a collage of music and history stressing the primacy of ...

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, known as the “mother of the nation” of South Africa, passed away earlier this month at the age of 81. During the apartheid era, she fought tirelessly for her then-husband ...

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Johnny Clegg, a British-born South African singer, songwriter and guitarist whose fusion of Western and African influences found an international audience and stood as an emblem of resistance to the ...